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Abatis lined the foot deep perimeter ditch, a small portion of which is still visible. On September 24, , after a brief fight and a clever ruse orchestrated by Confederate Gen. Nathan B. Forrest, the fort and its man garrison of mostly the U. After moving the prisoners and captured supplies South, Forrest's campaign followed the railroad North to the Union fort at Sulphur Creek Trestle which he took the following day. Federals re-occupied Athens shortly after Forrest's departure. Fort Henderson is significant for its role in the pioneering fight for equality and what black soldiers that constructed it called "The Jubilo" freedom.
The church is significant for its role in pioneering nondiscriminatory religious, educational and social services in North Alabama. At the time it was the only religious facility in the area with both black and white ministers and parishioners. Although Alabama laws prevented the co-mingling of blacks and whites, the church played a vital role in promoting racial harmony during a period of intense racial division in America.
